Comparison

EMGuidance Script vs EML

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

EMGuidance Script

This medical app streamlines prescription writing for healthcare professionals. It features intelligent drug interaction checks, dosage recommendations, and secure, cloud-based script management. Designed by doctors, it aims to create error-free prescriptions quickly and compliantly.

Highlights
  • Intelligent script creation
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Dosage recommendations
  • Medical scheme co-payment info
  • Prescription in under 60 seconds
  • Secure cloud-based tracking
  • AES level signatures
Features
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Created for doctors by doctors and compliant with all regulations on e-scripting, EMGuidance Script is the future of e-scripting and the first of its kind in South Africa. EMGuidance Script is brought to you by EMGuidance, a well known and trusted platform used by over 55 000 HCPs throughout South Africa. What EMGuidance Script offers you: Intelligent script: With drug interaction checkers, dosage recommendations and medical scheme co-payment information, creating effective and error free prescriptions has never been this easy. Faster than paper: Create a prescription in less than 60 seconds! With recommended templates, smart dosage autofill and chronic script repeat function writing a prescription has never been faster. Completely compliant: With fully compliant AES level signatures, integration into home affairs to validate ID numbers, fully trackable scripts in the cloud, your scripts have never been more secure. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Where applicable, your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your account settings after purchase. ----------- Terms and conditions: https://info.emguidance.com/script-terms-and-conditions Privacy notice: https://info.emguidance.com/script-privacy-notice

About

EML

Features
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EML puts South Africa’s Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List (STG & EML) in your pocket — fully offline, searchable, and free for every healthcare worker. Browse three national guideline books: • Primary Healthcare STG & EML • Hospital Level (Adults) STG & EML • Paediatric STG & EML With more than 1,500 clinical sections covering diagnosis, treatment, medicines, contraindications, and referral criteria, EML is built for busy clinics, wards, and community health settings where reliable reference material matters. FEATURES • Offline-first — all content is bundled in the app; no internet needed to read guidelines • Fast search — find conditions, sections, and medicines across all books, with optional book filters • Structured sections — Overview, Medicines, and Referral tabs for quick clinical reference • Favourites — save sections you use often for one-tap access • Source PDF links — open the official National Department of Health publications when you are online • Clean, readable design — optimised for iPhone and iPad WHO IT’S FOR Students, nurses, doctors, clinical associates, pharmacists, and other healthcare workers practising in South Africa who need quick access to national treatment guidance. CONTENT ATTRIBUTION Clinical content is reproduced for educational reference from the South African Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List, published by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. IMPORTANT This app is for reference and education only. It does not replace clinical judgement, local protocols, or the care of a qualified healthcare professional. Always verify dosing, indications, and guidance against current official sources and your institution’s policies. Made available at no cost by the WiZmed Foundation — a community initiative supporting South Africa’s healthcare workers.

Screenshots

EMGuidance Script4 screens
EML4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EML at none against EMGuidance Script's 4. EMGuidance Script's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EMGuidance Script sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. EML asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
EMGuidance Script versus EML: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMGuidance ScriptEML
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperIntelliscript LimitedWiZmed

In-app purchases

4 purchases

EMGuidance Script

Subscriptions4
  • Essential - Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Essential Pro - Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Essential - Yearly$199.991 Year
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  • Essential Pro - Yearly$229.991 Year
None

EML

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EMGuidance Script free?
EMGuidance Script is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EML free?
EML is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EMGuidance Script or EML have ads?
Neither EMGuidance Script nor EML shows ads.

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